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W TOWNSHIPS SINKEIN
FUND CO-IM-SSION
(Continued from page one).
Organization of the coinussion on the
27th day of February, 1907.
During the year 1910, the commis
sion has retired the following amount
of bonds: C., N. & L. No. 1, $1,000.00;
*C., N. & L. No. 9, $900.00. The total
amount of bonds retired to date is as
follows: C., N. & L. No. 1, $3,500.00;
C., N. & L. No. 9, $8,500.00; A., E. & N.
No. 1, $8,900.00; A., E. & N. No. 8,
$700.00. By the retirement and cancel
4 lation of these bonds, there will be a
saving in interest this year amount
lng to $1,392.00. It will thus be- seen,
from -the reports and records hereto
fore submitted, for the years 1908 and
1909, and including the amount for
this year, that this comfnission has,
'by the retirement of these bonds, sav
Id the townships the sum of $3,623.00
in interest, at an expense of $179.66.
There is still outstanding $6,500.00
of te first named bonds, $5,000.00 'of
which will not mature until January
1, 1913; of the second mamed bonds,
$6,500.00, $5,000.00 of which will ma
ture on the first day of July, 1911; of
the third named bonds, $25,100.00, all
of which have long since matured, but
practically .all of the interelt due on
same has been paid,Up to June, 1910;
r of the fourth named bonds, $8.30!1.00,
ali of which lave long since matired,
but practically all of the interest due
on same bs been paid up to June,
1910. -The two last named sets of
bonds are seven per cent. bonds and
1he two first' namd, six per cent.
bonds.
The original amounts of the issues
of these bonds were $10,000.00, $15,
00.00, $40,000.00 and $10,000.00, re
spectively, making a total of $75,
900.00. The'amounts outstanding,' as
Iroown in the preceding paragraph,
are $6,500.00, $6,500.00, $25,100.00 and
$8,100, respectively, madng a total
outstamding of $46,200,00, $33,200.00 of
which are seven per cent. bonds.
Including the amounts now on hand
wid to be realized from the collec
*ion of taxes durdng the past year 1910,
and after the payWent ot interest due
e 4Ae firnt day of Janmuary, June and
July, 1911, -I estimat5~e that there will
e to the cenedit of 'the various town
ubip. t'unds, th -following amounts, &p
oximmately: To the first named
'bonda, $1,000.00; second named
bonds,. $1,350.00; third named bonds,
$',500.00; fourth namede bonds, $1,
700.00; and when these credi'ts are a1
dlied to the outstanding bonds, there
wHIl be due and owing the following
amounmt, respectively: $5,500.00, $5,
110.00, $20,600.00 and $6,400.00, ihakih-g
a total of $37,650.00, or only one-half
et the original amount of bonded in
debtedness.
The tax now levied in each town
ship whichi issued bonds is one,half of
qne iH for the first named bonds,
-two mnills for the second named bonds;
*ne and one-balf mills for the third
amdbonds, and three mills for the
latnamred bonds.
Certain acts were passed, at the in
stance of the commission; in 1909, by
which we endeavored to borrow
amounts sufficient to 'take up these
bonds, fromi the State sinking fund
-d'ommission. So'manny loans had been
A.uthorized t'o be made to 'the counties
-direct and to the asylum commission
~1ast year, that we have been umable to
jmake the koan. I have been informed,
however, that if the loan were author
ized 'to be made direct to the county
instead of to the commissrion, as pro
vided in the acts of 1909, that we
would at least get a part of the money
- from rte sinking fund commisd5n ol
the Staite, if not all of it.We cai
gei' this loan a.t fiv ., I be
lieve the loans c i<Ith the
same tax no ~ on the bas:is
of the present assessments--the firsi1
vnamed bonds in five years, the second
naiied bonds in fouir years, the third
.e<1bonds in six years, and the
rth enamed bonds in eight years.
Should there be only a very slighi
rease in the assessmen'ts in the suc
eding years--and there will doubt
~ss be a material increase-the loane
ya possibly be repaid in one yea]
ess in each instance. The co.mmis
sion in its repor t of last year said:
"We recomme-nd .the borrowing o1
sufficient .amounts to pay both thn
bonds which are due and to becom<(
due, for the reason that we have n<(
doubt but that those who hold the un
matured bonds will surrender then
for their face value in cash and this
-w 1 result in a saving of one per cent
per anium on these bonids; and shoul<
they not surrender them, the mone:
can be 'held in bank by the count:
treasurer at a rate of interest prac
tically as large, if not as large, as thi
money will cost from the sinking f un<
commisUsion of the Sta:te.".
- In connection with this recommen
dation of last year, I respectfully cal
y.our attention to the fact that $5,
000.00 of the bonds will mature Jul:
1. 1911, and the other $5,000.00 unma
tured bonds will mature on January 2
-1913, only eighteen months afterward&
t.bc~ fi~cts as b:~s~.xl cn in
records, my calculations and te8t- i
mates, and they are respectfully sub
mitted for your consideration. In view i
of these facts, I would earnestly rec- <
ommend that you pass an act, or acts, C
if necessary, authorizing the State i
sinking fund. commission to lend to I
the county of Newberry, on the note i
the county treasurer and the county i
supervisor, the sum of $37,650.00 for i
the purpose of retiring all of the I
bonds, and that the same tax levy be
made int the- respective townships as i
is now made, and in lieu of same, and
that said taxes be pledgid for the re
payment of the said loan.
If this act be passed, I believe that ]
we can boriow the money, for the in
coming governor of the State, who will
be chairman of the State sinking fund
commission, is -thoroughly conversant I
with the burdens under which two of a
our townships have been struggling
in paying $50,000.00 in seven per cent. I
bonds for a railroad that has never I
been built, and for which amount they I
have not received nor will they ever t
receive any return whatsoever. Un- I
derstanding these local conditions as C
he does, I am satisfied that we will
have "a friend at court" in this mat- t
ter, and that the next chairman of the
State sinking fund commission will t
give our application more considera- a
tion than has been heretofore done.
By the mainner outlined above, as I
you will note, the tax levy will not be c
increased the slightest fraction of 'a .1
mill, the final payment of these bonds t
will be accelerated in each instance,
many, many years, and these town- a
ships will be saved thousands of dol
lars in interest.
Should you desire any further or
1hiller information in regard to the af
fairs of -the commission, 'same will be
cheerfully furnished.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
Fred. H. Dominick,
Secretary..
S
JaY KEEP FOR PERSONAL USE.
Supreme Court Renders Important De
cision in Liquor Case.
i
Oolumbia, Jan. 20.-Holding that it
is not unla,wful to have 'whiskey in
-possesion foxr personlal use, and de-a
fining ithe powers of the act 'of 1909
with reference to the sale of whiskeY
clieairly, thbe supreme court today -re
versed the Spartainburg county court,'
in the case of Elias Rookard,ywho -was
cnicted fo~r viOllation of the act.
The opinion is 'by Associat4 Justice
Woods and construes cleanly the sev
eral sc-tions of the act, which have
never 'before .been ;reviewved by the eu
preLme court.
.The def.enda'nt was convicted in
Spartanburg county in January of last
year, on the charge of having Whis
key in his- possession and was indict
edunder the section. of the *act of
1909, which ends: "A.nd whiich' if drunk1
to excess -will ~produce intoxication,
except as hereinaitter provided." -No
question as to ,the constitutionality of 1
the act was raised in the appeal, butI
the deffendeint contended that the cir
cuit Judge erred in his construction of I
the statute, -when he charged the jury
in -effect that the statu-te makes the
mere' keepin-g in possession liquor by
a private individual :: criminal offense;
and that, therefore, the jury should
convict if they found that the defend
ant ha.d liquor in his possession, even
if they should find that 'he had not n
a'wfully ireceived nor accepted it and
ha itkept it in possession for an
unlawfui .use.
The decision of the supreme court
says that the question is whether the
circuit judge was right in holding the1
act of 1909, to prohibit and make crimn
inal the keeping 'Int possessiron of li
~quor in this State under all cirrcum
stne,without regard to the man
Der of acquiring possession or the
purpose for -which the liquor was ac
quired. AlIt seems clear that the sta
tute can not be so conistrued," says1
the oThini'on. The court continueds:
"Such 'a construction would make the
act itself destructive, for other sec- '
tions of this act, ras well as portions
of the dispensary 'statute of 1907, rec
ognized -by this statute as still in force,
Vprovide for the 'sale of liquor by the~
county dispensaries, a.nd certainly a
agal s~ale and purchase carried the
right to the .purecer to keep in' hiS
possession the liquor he has purchas
ed, provided lie does not apply it to
an unlawful use."
The court continues that one may
lawfully keep in his possrssion liquor
purchased for personal use under the
protection of the inter-state commerce,
clause of the federal constitution.
"Any attempt,'' says the decision, "bye
the general assembly to interfere with
hi's right would be futile and the pre
sump':iron is very strong against the;
legislative intention to make such an
attempt. Indeed, the r'ight to keep in
possession liquor so purchased, is ex-.
pressly recognized in section 28 of the
~~dispensary act of 1907, which 'has nioti
Ibeen re-pealed."
,The court says that it follows that
.te prov'sion -cf the act of 1 909, mtak
::ig ~ wf:1 c 1.-p P. uG~:3C2O2
Thic Origi ofRo
Mr. Royster believe4i th
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idea Twenty-seven years a
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this State," intoxicating. liquor,
except as hereinafter provided,'
neans that it should be a misdemean
or to keep in possession liquor whicl
lad not bean un-lawffally ob-jainedl
n a manner not recognized as 1-awfu
)y that act or the unrepealed pro
is.on. of the act of 1907, or to keel
n possession for sale or some othe:
Lse forbidden by the starute liquo:
awfully obtained."
The conclusion is reached that I
tew trial should be o:.-dered.
SHOOTS HIS LITTLE PLAYMATE.
ight-Year-Old Boy in Jail-Victin
Only Nine.
Sparta(burg, Jan. 20.-Pretty littli
jois Wright, aged 9 years, was sho
,nd perhaps fatally injured, by hei
-year-old playmate, CaTI Haynes, a
)rayton mills, this morning. The wea
on used was a shotgun and an etir
o ad took effect in the left shoulder o
lie little girl. Thie flesh was teriribl!
autilated and slight ch=nes are helt
ut for her recovery. -
The children were playing togethe
his morning, as usual, and a childisil
,uarrel arose over some trivial mat
er. The youth, who had stolen awa:
s -father's shotgun, said to Lois: "
,,m going to shoot you." Becomin,
rightened, the girl started to rul
.way, but before she could the weaPor
tad beet discharged. She was brough
o ,this oity and carried to a hospital
nhere a brave fight against deati
id against all odds is being made.
Carl was aIso brought to the cit]
nd placed in the county jail, to awai
evelopments in the condition of Lois
t was a sad sight to see the wee littl(
llow follow the State officials fron
e office of "Good" Magistrate Kirby
rhere he had received so. much sym
athy, to the cold, dreary cell of th(
rison. The shooting, which was hop.
d at first to have been accidental, is
aid by those living at Drayton, t
iave been an intentional and delibr
.te act on the part of tihe boy. . CarPi
;enera)l reputation at the mill is no
M.e to be envied, it seems, and otde
ersons have look.ed on him as a
In the. prelainary hearing thi
orniung, the boy only said: "I didn'
lan to kill her." J. Fred Wright i
be father of the -little girl,- 'whil
Jrl's flather is W. D. Haynes.' Re
orts from the bospital staite that thr
onditio'n of littde Lois is' very ee
ious.
CANEGIE GIVES TEN MILL10N.
lifts to IInstitute at Washington Noi
TotaI 25 Million.
ew7 York, Jan. 20.-The donatioj
>an additional endowment of $10,
~00,00 to the Carnegie Institute, o
asingbon, by Anadrew Cannegie, tha
ounder, was annrouLnced today. ,Thi
hrings Mi-. Oarnvegie's gifts to the in
~tituion up to a total af $25,000,000.
Coupled with the formal annobunce
nent was a declaration by Mr. Carne
ie that the work of the institutio3
iad cleared from blame 'the captaia
f a British ship,'who ran his veese
m the ~rocks, by proving the Britist
tdiiralty charts, by whicl9the captaii
,as guided, yvefe two or three de
r"ess astray.
The discovery of 60,000 new world:
>y Pof. Hale, at the observatory oc
Iount Wilson, California, also wa
anounced.
Mr. Carnegie also announced'that
:armore powerful telesc6'pe than mnac
las ever made is now under construc
.ioni for~the Mount Willson o-bservator3
with it he hopes to make possibl~e th
isovery of stiill more 6elestial bodies
TILMAN NO LONGER OBJECTS.
Yithdrws Opposition to liick's ,Cou
firmation-Other Attitudes]
Washington, Jan. 20.-It is learne
ire today that Senator Tiliman wil
aot longer oppose the confirmation c
Jharles H. Hicks, who -was recenti
ippointed postmaster at Laurens, t
ucceed George McCrav'ey. Senato
rillman had the appointment held u
or a while, pending the receipt c
nharges against Hicks, which he wa
uformed would be made later. Non
aave come- and the confirmation wil
ao longer be delayed.
At the same time it is learned the
the senator will not oppose -the cot
irmaItio.n of J. D. Adams, as Unite
tates marshal for South Carolina.
In regard to thae action of the hous
naval'affairs committee a day or tw
go, in voting tosab)olish the, naval sts
tion at Port Royal, Senator Till-ma
said today 'that he would continue i
do all in his power to have the Atatio
used for a training school for marn
e-orps offieers.
Parson"N Poem a Gem.
From Rev. H. Stubenvoll, Allisoi
Ta.. in praise of Dr. King's New Lii
Tihey're such a health necessity,
Tn every home These pills should be.
If other kiinds you're tried in vain,
USE DR. KING'S.
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ster fcrtiizcrs. >
it success awaited the
vho would place quality
This was. Mr. RoysteF*z
to and this is his idea
that it requires Eight
id for Royster Fertilizers,
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ES OFFICES.
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o circumstance will the nominat4
dged.
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ie same relation to ordinary so-called bargains
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